Eyeglass-spring.



No. 944,999. PATENTED FEB. 19, 1991. M. GOLD. EYEGLASS SPRING.

I APPLICATION FILED-19133.27, 1906.

WITNESSES: Y IN VENTOR.

L BY I W :(I Mr I ATTORNEY.

vo eyeglass-springs, the object ofthe invention UNITED srA s PATENT RICE.

MYER GOLD, or sAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, AssICNoR TO ALEXANDER R. MCINTIRE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, GEO. W. MAGEE,

OF OVERBROOK, PENNSYLVANIA, AND EDGAR A. BROWN, OF NEW- BOLD, NEW JERSEY, TRADING AS MCINTIRE, MAGEE & BROWN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A FIRM. I

EYEGLASS-SPRING.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb. 19, 1907.

Application filed February 27,1906. Serial No. 303,227.

tively t the lenses, so as to conform to the Be it known that I, MYER GoLD, a citizen differences in height of the crest of the nose, of the United States, residing at San Franthereby avoiding the necessity of keeping in cisco, in the county of.San Francisco and stock a large number of different sizes of State of California, have invented certain l springs.

new and useful Improvements in Eyeglass- The construction permits of varying the Springs, of which'the following is a specificadistance between the two lenses by bending tion. j the bridge either more flat or more convex 'to This invention relates to improvements in lengthen or shorten the same. It also re- I lieves the pressure of the nose-guards against being to provide an improved spring which the side of the nose by causing part of the willprevent tiltingof thelenses fromavertical 1 weight of the eyeglasses to be supported position, which will permit of independent upon the top of the nose. adjustment for the two lenses relatively to An important advantage resulting from 5 the bridge, and which enable the spring to be the vertical position of the sides 7 of the adjusted for differences in heights of the crest spring is that the upper bends of the spring of the nose in different persons. form pivots about which the terminal por- In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is j tions of the spring can be bent outward to a front elevation of a pair of eyeglasses throw the lenses farther apart or can be bent o equipped with my improved spring. Fig. 2 j slightly in front or to the rear of the vertical is a crosssection on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. 1 plane through the bridge for centeringthat Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the is to say, to throw the lenses slightly upward spring detached. j or down, as may be desired, to suit the pecul- Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the j iarities of the wearers features. 5 lenses of a pair of eyeglasses, secured to the I claimposts 2 in the usual manner and having the I 1. A pair of eyeglasses having posts and a noseguards'3 also secured in the usual manl central spring or bridge, said bridge at its ner. The spring 4 is formed with a central l ends being bent upward and then backward bridge portion 5, bent upward substantially upon itself, and being formed in the terminal a at right angles to the general direction of the I portions with elongated slots for attachment bridge at each end, as shown at 6, each porto the posts. tion so bent upward being then bent back 2. A pair of eyeglasses having posts and a upon itself past the previous bend, as shown central spring or bridge bent at its ends vertiat 7, and having in the terminal portion be- Cally upward and then back upon itself and low the bridge an elongated slot 8. j downward belowits first bends and apertured In securing the bridge and guards to the for attachment to the posts, substantially as posts the screws .9 are passed through said described. slots, the sides of the terminal portions 7 of In witness whereof I have hereunto set my the spring being received within the walls 10 j hand in the presence of two subscribing wit- .l'o all who! it 711,041 concern.- j

of the seats 11 of the posts. f nesses.

It will readily be seen that by means of the I MYER GOLD. slot each side of the spring may be adjusted l I/Vitnesses:

BESSIE GORFINKEL,

independently of the other side. The slots ANNIE PETERSON.

also enable the bridge to be adjusted rela- 

